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The Civil Defence remains on full alert due to the prevailing high temperatures, carrying out preventive patrols across the island, spokesperson Panayiotis Liasidis said on Saturday. Liasidis said that patrols ...

As visitors approached the final installation of A Slight Indisposition, the controversial exhibition which drew to a close on Sunday at the Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre (Nimac), what comes into ...

The body of an 88-year-old British man was found inside a burnt-out vehicle on a dirt road in Avgorou on Saturday after a fire engulfed the car. According to local ...

Paphos winegrowers took to the streets on Saturday to protest over the government’s decision to limit compensation to only certain grape varieties affected by downy mildew, a move they ...

A fire broke out in a house in Tochni in the early hours of Saturday morning, causing extensive damage to the living room and kitchen of the house. According to ...

An increase in on-call services and the staffing of a permanent cardiologist for the local hospital was at the centre of a meeting between the mayor of Polis Chrysochous Yiotis ...

The Famagusta district court on Saturday remanded six suspects for six days over the alleged kidnapping of a 20-year-old man earlier this week. The suspects – three 19-year-olds, a 20-year-old, a 26...

A wooden restaurant warehouse in Ayia Napa was completely destroyed after a fire broke out in a reed bed on Thursday, with two adjacent buildings also sustaining damage. “At 4.08pm  ...

Two suspects were arrested at Larnaca airport on Friday in connection with the attempted murder of a 43-year-old man in Nicosia earlier this week.   According to the police, the suspects, ...

On Saturday, the weather will be overwhelmingly clear with temperatures reaching up to 41 degrees Celsius inland, around 32 degrees on the north, west and southwest coasts, around 36 degrees on the rest ...

The municipalities of Athienou and Strovolos will hold three-hour peaceful protests on Monday, after their councils announced opposition to “insufficient state support for local government”. The protests will take place ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that the United Nations will work with both sides in Cyprus and the three guarantor powers to ensure the next informal expanded ...

Disy vice president Yiannis Karousos on Friday criticised reports that party figures Tina Pavlou and Christos Angelides are set to join President Nikos Christodoulides’ cabinet, saying they should not accept ...

A 20-year-old man was found guilty on Thursday by the Famagusta criminal court of attempted murder and rape of a 26-year-old woman at a hotel in the district in August 2024. ...

A motorcade organised by Apoel supporters to mark the club’s 100th anniversary caused significant traffic disruption across parts of Nicosia on Thursday, with police temporarily closing key roads to ...

The Isotita (Equality) trade union on Friday described the dismissal of prison guard and union official Giorgos Maltezos as “manifestly illegal”, announcing legal action after the justice ministry terminated his ...

Marilena Raouna officially left her post as deputy European affairs minister on Friday, marking the end of her term after parliament rejected government legislation which would have extended her appointment ...

TUI and Jet2 will expand their presence in Larnaca for the next tourist season, with the two major British tour operators adding the district to their programmes. The Larnaca tourism ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas “did not care about the truth” of the fire which broke out at a firing range near the Larnaca district village of Kalo Chorio on Monday, ...

Parents’ names will return to Cyprus’ new biometric identity cards, while members of the public will also be given the option of obtaining a version omitting them. The interior ministry ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is preparing the cabinet reshuffle, with changes expected to include both internal transfers and the appointment of new figures from the centre right, according to information emerging ...

A total of five hectares of dry grass, wild vegetation, waste materials and large piles of rubbish were burned in the fire that broke out in Arsos on Thursday. Community ...

The justice ministry confirmed on Friday A prison guard employed on an indefinite contract has been dismissed for dereliction of duty, after an investigation found repeated failures to comply. The ...

The forestry department warned that the risk of forest fires will reach Red Alert level tomorrow, urging the public to exercise extreme caution to prevent fires. The department appealed to ...